{"id":601,"date":"2020-09-29T20:45:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/FY20Annual\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2020-10-26T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T21:25:21","slug":"reaching-students-where-they-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/landing-page\/executive-leadership-team\/friends-of-the-durham-library\/reaching-students-where-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching Students Where They Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns alignfull has-2-columns has-desktop-oneTwo-layout has-tablet-oneTwo-layout has-mobile-collapsedRows-layout has-nogap-gap has-vertical-unset\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-d4a4787c\"><div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-columns-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"innerblocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column ticss-262bb66b\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-e6bc5880\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column\" id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-column-ce22a0a8\">\n<p id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-e16e0b01\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-e16e0b01\"><strong>Final Report by leander croker,<\/strong> Business Services Manager, Main Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-8fe74ea9\" class=\"wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading wp-block-themeisle-blocks-advanced-heading-8fe74ea9\">Reaching Students Where They Are<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>From June to October of 2019, <strong>Friends funding allowed the MakerLab to expand programming and bring exciting new experiences to our users who would not normally have access<\/strong>. With the help of the Friends, we were able to <strong>host seven programs and reach approximately 130 youth with programming ranging from visits from the North Carolina Zoo, to fashion design, to an introduction to engineering concepts using LEGOs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/FY20Annual\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reaching-Students-Young-Engineers-edited.png\" alt=\"MakerLab Program Participants\" class=\"wp-image-603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reaching-Students-Young-Engineers-edited.png 309w, https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reaching-Students-Young-Engineers-edited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Reaching-Students-Young-Engineers-edited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One of the most impactful programs we hosted was our Galileo Technic program led by Young Engineers. They introduced the engineering principles of multi-channel transmission systems, mechanical coordination, and more using LEGOs.<\/strong> Young Engineers brought in materials and methods that were fun, engaging, and inspiring, that not only sparked the minds of the youth to expand their thinking but also encouraged parental support and involvement in the program. The Friends funds made a clear impact and enabled us to improve our programming in the MakerLab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, we were awarded $1,800 and completed all programming for $1,710. As we prepared to transition back into Main Library, we were extremely grateful for the opportunity to close out our programming at Northgate Mall with innovative programming and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-secondary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/FY20Annual\/landing-page\/executive-leadership-team\/friends-of-the-durham-library\/\">back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From June to October of 2019, Friends funding allowed the MakerLab to expand programming and bring exciting new experiences to our users who would not normally have access. With the help of the Friends, we were able to host seven programs and reach approximately 130 youth with programming ranging from visits from the North Carolina&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/landing-page\/executive-leadership-team\/friends-of-the-durham-library\/reaching-students-where-they-are\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reaching Students Where They Are<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"full-width","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"on","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"on","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-601","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1755,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/601\/revisions\/1755"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcountylibrary.org\/AnnualFY2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}